Then The Donald got elected. I routinely see stuff said about the POTUS that would have NEVER been tolerated under the past 2 Administrations.
The irony of the rules was not lost on me when I saw a bunch of blog posts about insider threats to intelligence disclosure--and no one talked about Hillary Clinton, the most publicly visible bad example.
They get away with it because Trump doesn't have a
DOJ with prosecutors who will prosecute Democrats or
other traitors in the government.